2020 Categories

Automotive

From the rise of driverless and connected vehicles, to the development of alternative powertrain and drivetrain technologies the automotive sector is going through a period of profound and revolutionary change. This award will celebrate the engineering innovations at the heart of this change and showcase the way in which automotive OEMs, suppliers, academic groups and others are working together to shape the next generation of passenger vehicles.

Entries are invited from all levels of industry and academia, but must be collaborative and must demonstrate high levels of innovation.

Aerospace & Defence

From the technologies that are helping the UK stay at the forefront of the development of next generation aircraft and space systems to the latest innovations in military hardware and cyber-security technology this award will celebrate innovation and breakthroughs from the UK’s aerospace and defence sectors.

Entries are invited from all levels of industry and academia, but must be collaborative and must demonstrate high levels of innovation.

Energy & Environment

Making more efficient use of our resources and protecting the environment that sustains us are surely two of humanity’s top priorities. And from the development of low carbon energy sources, and less wasteful, more efficient approaches to every aspect of human enterprise engineers have a key role to play. This award will celebrate collaborative innovations that help address key challenges in this constantly evolving field.

Entries are invited from all levels of industry and academia, but must be collaborative and must demonstrate high levels of innovation.

Healthcare & Medical

From advanced surgical robots and prosthetics to wearable devices for monitoring a patient’s vital signs, engineers are at the forefront of change in healthcare: developing the technologies that help people stay healthier for longer, addressing the challenges of the world’s ageing population, and leading the fight against a range of debilitating conditions. This award will celebrate collaborative innovations in this truly life-changing field.

Entries are invited from all levels of industry and academia, but must be collaborative and must demonstrate high levels of innovation.

Healthcare & Medical: COVID response

Due to the high number of entries this category received, including a number of entries specifically focused on addressing COV-19 related challenges, this year’s awards features two healthcare categories: one focused on general healthcare technologies and another focused on the engineering response to the pandemic.

Information, Data & Connectivity

Few areas of the modern world are untouched by the rise of big data and connectivity. From the factory floor to the racetrack, the ways in which we gather, analyse and use data are helping to boost efficiency, enhance performance and improve user experience. This award will celebrate collaborative innovations in this increasingly critical field.

Entries are invited from all levels of industry and academia, but must be collaborative and must demonstrate high levels of innovation.

Manufacturing Technology

With disruptive technologies like additive manufacturing moving into the mainstream, traditional subtractive techniques achieving new levels of accuracy, and concepts such as Industry 4.0 and artificial intelligence beginning to have a major impact, the factory floor is going through a period of rapid evolution.

This award will celebrate the innovations at the heart of this evolution, and showcase the way in which different groups and partners are working together to drive this change.

Entries are invited from all levels of industry and academia, but must be collaborative and must demonstrate high levels of innovation.

Young Innovator

The special award will celebrate the achievements of tomorrow’s engineers, by shining the spotlight on outstanding examples of school engineering projects.  Entries are invited from individual pupils or student teams.

Wild Card

As the boundaries between once distinct sectors and disciplines become increasingly blurred, some engineering projects
refuse to be pigeon-holed!

This new award will celebrate collaborative technology-led innovations that don’t naturally fit into any of our sector categories.

Grand Prix

The winner of the winners: This award will go to the category winner which most impresses our judges, the entry which in their view provides the most striking, innovative and inspiring example of technology collaboration in action.

This category cannot be entered directly

Future Thinking

A special category supported by our headline sponsor Frazer-Nash Consultancy this award will go to the shortlisted entry that our judges feel demonstrates an outstanding example of teams thinking about the way in which emerging technologies and solutions might address future societal challenges.

Shortlisted entries will be drawn from other categories.